Accenture Federal Services and Mitre have helped the Department of Veterans Affairs update information technology systems for processing education benefits for military veterans. The Veterans Benefits Administration and its two industry partners performed software development, integration, testing, communications and training work as part of Colmery Act implementation efforts. “These IT changes improve our ability to deliver education benefits to GI Bill students.” said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie.

Mitre’s tech foundation Engenuity has launched a consortium to bring together government, industry and academic institutions to advance 5G innovation. Founding members of the Open Generation Consortium are Ericsson, Nokia, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Altiostar, FIRST iZ, HUSH Aerospace, Kittyhawk, CTIA - The Wireless Association, Northeastern University and Virginia Tech.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has indicated its intent to award task orders to Aerospace Corp. and Mitre for systems engineering services to support the agency’s Office of Space Commerce and Satellite and Information Acquisition Division.

A new Mitre study has recommended four measures the U.S. government should take to help maintain the competitive edge of the U.S. commercial geospatial intelligence industry and one of those is consolidating and sharing commercial GEOINT needs with the private sector.

Mitre has established the Center for Data-Driven Policy to provide evidence-based, objective and nonpartisan insights to government policymaking, the company reported on Tuesday.  “We want to expand the role of outcome-based research and information in the policy domain, through our experience, our technology, and our unique access to data,” said Jason Providakes, Mitre president and CEO and Wash100 Award recipient.

Mitre has secured a potential one-year, $463M contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to serve as administrator of the National Security Engineering Center.

William LaPlante, formerly a senior executive at Mitre, will assume the president and CEO roles at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory on Oct. 7.

Charles Peter Leroy, former chief of staff for military and veterans health business operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been named vice president of integration and operations within Mitre's public sector unit, the nonprofit company announced Tuesday.

Mitre has appointed five former defense officials to the advisory board of its Center for Technology and National Security that handles research and analysis activities on future warfare operations and emerging technologies.

John Noseworthy, president and CEO emeritus at Rochester, Minn.-based nonprofit medical center Mayo Clinic, has been appointed to serve on Mitre’s board of trustees for a term of up to three years.